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The condition is terminal, and Jordan deals with health problems such as seizures and other issues. Despite this, he is an energetic and happy child. "For somebody who is terminal he has touched a lot of lives," his mom said.

Last year, Jordan was invited to be the "principal for a day" at Tri-City High School in Buffalo. Principal Dustin Day told BuzzFeed News the school works with a local hospital to pick kids for the program, which lets the kids "run the school" for a day.

At the graduation, Jordan sat in the front row and got his own diploma. Planitz said the day was emotional because she never thought she would see her son graduate. “It was something that I had just come to terms with was not going to happen," she said.